All, (This may have been double-posted, sorry)

Just to see if I have it right...

MACH_A has XP Pro, FB/IB Server S/W and D:\MyApp\MyData.GDB

MACH_B has XP Pro, FB/IB Client S/W (and app programs)

MACH_B IBO database string should be: MACH_A:D:\MyApp\MyData.GDB

Or have I got it ALL wrong somewhere?

Steve Fields

--- In IBObjects@yahoogroups.com, Alan McDonald <alan@m...> wrote:
> > I am interested to know what should be the best way, always talking of
> > peer to peer.
> >
> > Suppose that I have already installed the application and the database
> > on a machine which name is MACHINE_A and now I'm going to install on
> > another machine on the peer to peer network named MACHINE_B.
> >
> > Supposing that the database path on MACHINE_A is:
> >
> > MACHINE_A:C:\Program Files\MyApp\Database
> >
> > how can the installer on MACHINE_B detect it as an absolute path?
> >
> > Or is there another clean way to perform an installation like this,
> > where the database file is on one machine only?
> >
>
> the database should be on only one machine.. please!
> The FBServer should be on only one machine.. please!
> All machines (including the one which has FBServer installed) will
point to
> this one machine...
> MACHINE_A:C:\Program Files\MyApp\Database.gdb
> (here's another tip... keep your databases away from the Program Files
> folder... make another one and leave spaces out of the folder names
- it's
> not crucial but past and perhaps future OS irritation can be avoided)
> e.g.
> MACHINE_A:C:\myFBdata\MyApp\Database.gdb
>
> even where only TCP/IP protocol layer is installed, machine names
will be
> readily resolved so there is no need for netbeui at all on the
network at
> all - I never install netbeui on my networks. If there is no DHCP
device,
> then you can just install a fixed IP on each machine via the network
> properties.
>
> Alan